Clothesline hanger



Aug. 22, 1950 E. L. FINK 2,519,830

CLOTHESLINE HANGER Filed Jan. 1'7, 1946 E1. 2. iii- 32 E' /o I 32 [/1' L. F7? k.

INVENTOR.

,4 7' TOIQA/EK Patented Aug. 22, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CLOTHESLINE HANGER Eli L. Fink, Youngstown, Ohio Application January 17, 1946, Serial No. 641,765

1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to a device to be employed in hanging a clothesline, particularly indoors.

The principal object of the invention is the provision of a clothesline hanger, several of which may be applied to suitable supporting structures in a dwelling house for example, so that a clothesline may be stretched therebetween.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a clothesline hanger providing means for satisfactorily spacing sections of clothesline hung thereon.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a clothesline hanger, several of which may be positioned at spaced intervals along the lower side of a joist or a similar structural mem ber in a dwelling house, and several more of which may be placed along the lower portion of a similar joist or other supporting member at some distance from the first mentioned hangers and in conjunction with one another will serve as means for hanging a clothesline therebetween and at the same time suitably space the clothesline so that clothes subsequently hung thereon will have sufficient air space therebetween for proper drying.

The clothesline hanger shown and described herein has been devised to form a simple and inexpensive device which can be easily installed in a dwelling in the basement thereof by attaching a plurality of the hangers to spaced joists.

-With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a clothesline hanger formed in accordance with the invention and shows the same attached to a section of a joist.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the clothesline hanger shown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a front elevation of a modified form of clothesline hanger attached to the supporting member.

Figure 4 is a cross sectional elevation taken on line 4-4 of Figure 3 of the clothesline hanger.

Figure 5 is a diagrammatic illustration representing a plurality of supporting members such as joists and showing a series of clothesline hangers affixed to the joists and a clothesline stretched therebetween.

By referring to Figures 1 and 2 of the drawings, it will be seen that the invention in its simplest form comprises a body member ID of suitable material such as plywood, the uppermost end of which is provided with a pair of spaced openings H and I2 through which screws l3 and I4 may be positioned as in afiixing the body member ID of the clothesline hanger to a supporting member such as a joist I5. A rib I6 is transversely positioned on the body member Ill of the'clothesline hanger downwardly from the uppermost end thereof and normally closely underlies the bottom of the supporting joist l5. Near the bottom of the body member ID there are a pair of oppositely disposed, V-shaped notches i1 and I8 which form means for directly engaging a clothesline to be hung on the clothesline hanger.

By referring to Figure 2 of the drawings, it will be seen that the horizontally positioned rib [6, which is afiixed to the body member ID by a plurality of screws l9, closely underlies the bottom of the supporting member or joist l5, and in connection with the screws 13 and I4 assists in holding the clothesline hanger in position on the supporting joist l 5 at such time as a clothesline is positioned on a hanger and pulled in the direction of the arrow in Figure 2. Such action tends to move the horizontal rib l6 upwardly against the body of the joist and thereby cause the body member ID of the clothesline hanger to pivot thereon and tends to move the screws [3 and I4 outwardly of their position in the supporting member or joist 15.

It will be obvious to those skilled in the art that other forms of the invention may be practiced and by referring to Figures 3 and 4 one such form may be seen.

In Figure 3 of the drawings, a clothesline hanger comprising a body member 20 may be seen attached to a supporting member such as a joist 2|. A pair of spaced openings 22 and 23 provide means for the attachment of the body member 20 to the joist 2! as by means of screws 24 and 25. A pair of tongues 26 are punched from the material of the body member 20, which is preferably metal, and are inturned in approximately right angles to the vertical plane of the body member 26 to form means for registering with the bottom of the supporting member 2|, as will be seen by referring to the cross sectional elevation of Figure 4 of the drawings. The edges of the body member are turned outwardly as at 21 on the sides, and on the bottom at 28 to form channels to increase the rigidity of the body member 20. It will be obvious to those skilled in the art that additional vertically extending channels Or ribs may be formed in the body member 29, as desired.

A secondary body member 29 is afiixed to the bottom surlace of the body member 20 on the outturned flange 28 thereof to form a pair of oppositely disposed V-shaped slots 30 and 3|. The body member 29 may be attached to the member 23 as by means of spot welding or may be bolted or otherwise affixed thereto. In any event, its corner sections adjacent the corners of the body member 2-3 are cut away to form the V-shaped slots 30 and 3| which may then be used for positioning a clothesline thereover.

By referring now to Figure 5 of the drawings, a. schematic illustration may be seen wherein a plurality of joists is are represented in top. .plan View and it will be observed that a plurality of clothesline hangers IE are positioned in rows on the outermost sides of two of the joist 15. A clothesline 32 is positioned over the plurality of clothesline hangers l2, first passing over oneof the hanger is and then beings retched across thisintervening space between the several joists i5 and then stretched across another of the clothesline hangers Hi. This action is repeated until the full length of the clothesline has been hung or stretched between the plurality of clothesline hangers it. In each instance the clothesline registers with the oppositely disposed, V-shaped notches formed in the sides of the clothesline hanger l8 and the width of the clothesline hanger it between the innermost portions of the V-shapcd notches H and I8 forms the spacing indicated by the letter S in Figure 5' between the alternate lengths of clothesline .32. The spacings between the clothesline-hanger H1 themselves forms the space indicated by the letter H in Figure 5 of the drawings. It will be observed that when the clothesline hangers Iii are properly spaced along the lengths of the joists l5 so that space between the hangers I8 is equal to the distance between the i -shaped notches I1 and I8 of the clothesline hanger it, a uniformly spaced clothesline may be readily obtained by hanging the same on the various. hangers, as shown. I

it will be observed that the v-shaped notches l1 and !8 in the clothesline hanger Ill form simple means for afiixing the endmost section of the clothesline, as a knot or two therein enables the end of the line to be held in the notch without the necessity of tying it to the hanger. It may he obviously wrapped around the hanger once. In so afiixing the end, the V-shaped notches by their formation will, in effect, clamp upon the clothesline as it wedges into the notches I! and I8.

It will thus be seen that a simple, efficient and inexpensive clothesline hanger has been disclosed which may be easily installed in a dwelling house and which will securely position and support a clothesline hung thereon. It will be observed that the vertical height of the clothesline hanger positions the clothesline hung thereon at a satisfactory distance below the bottom of the joists thereby placing the clothesline at a height convenient for use in hanging clothes to be dried thereon.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

A clothesline hanger comprising a section of thin material approximately twice as long as its width and having a pair of openings near one end thereof for the reception of screws used in attaching the hanger in a vertical position to a supporting member such as a floor joist, a transversely positioned rib located inwardly of the said openings and adapted to underlie the said supporting member, a secondary section of material attached. to the bottom of the said section of material, the end portions of the said secondary section of material being tapered outwardly and downwardly so as to form in conjunction with the bottom of the said section of material vshaped notches in the lower sides of the hanger for the purpose of receiving a clothesline and holding the same, the width of the hanger between the said notches spacing the clothesline hung on said hanger and the length of the said hanger spacing the clothesline from the said supporting member.

ELI L.

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